Mk.gee

so imo this is probably album of the year. almost no one i know enjoys this and i'm not expecting my watmm crew to fully embrace it but maybe some of you can dig it. 

when i first listened to it i was kinda like wtf. this sounds bad lol. the more i listened, the more fascinated i became. he's completely turning the whole tame impala/mac demarco thing on its head. instead of rich, warm, lush pop production (which mk.gee shown he's capable of on his previous releases) he's exploring a totally strange sound on this album. it's broken, brittle, fragile, blown-out. there's very little bass on this album, it's very slanted into the mid range with weird harsh highs. most of the bass parts seem to be played by a baritone guitar. instead of the kind of guitar distortion that all forms of music seem to embrace, his guitar tone seems to rely more on the sound of break up and clipping that are like the antithesis of production conventional wisdom. the songs are quite beautiful (i especially love the vocal harmonies on "i want") but he's created a very idiosyncratic sound that kind of subverts their prettiness. there's a lot of interesting decisions on this album that honestly do not seem familiar to me and i love how unique it is. 

saw him live for this tour and it was completely wild. the crowd was extremely into it. huge line several blocks long before the show. he played one song ("DNM") like 15+ times in a row and the crowd was just freaking out. moshing wildly, crowd surfing, genuinely kind of felt worried a few times that people were gonna fall off the balcony and stuff. you could really feel that something special was happening in the room. 

i expect to be roasted for this but i stand by my principles. this shit rules.

https://mkgee.bandcamp.com/album/two-star-the-dream-police-2

just in case DIIV sees this, "frog in boiling water" is also AOTY

a friend of mine who is pretty raad guitar player sent links to this guy's music a while ago. some of it is really interesting and different. i need to listen some more as it was ages ago and i've kind of forgotten about it.. so, thanks for the reminder

Yeah, might be AOTY for me too. Discovered him this last spring and really dug in for a few months. Amazing mix of contemporary DIY vibes and expensive 80s atmospheres. Great ideas on the guitar, too.

Envy you for having had the chance to see him live.

And yeah, DIIV has also been a steady beat this year.

its really interesting but he has some vocalization ticks that i can only describe as "zoomer-coded" which bother me. it's still a great album and i will be listening intently to whatever he makes next

I'm so out of the loop, first time hearing about this guy, very nice indeed.

  On 10/31/2024 at 10:04 PM, dr lopez said:

zoomer-coded

Definitely can be challenging for me too sometimes

i'd never heard of this guy before but ROCKMAN was played on 6music a few weeks ago and my ears pricked up. sounded quite refreshing amongst all the 'northerners talking over uninspired pseudo post-punk' drivel they love to play on that station.

i'm yet to check out his other stuff, but after seeing this thread i'll be sure to add this geezer to the list!

Just listened to the full album and I enjoyed it a lot.

i get the appeal. its hootie and the blowfish encoded as a low bitrate mp3

Seems like there's some Jai Paul influence on the production.

Yeah, I can fuck with this 

  On 11/1/2024 at 10:55 AM, Kennylogg Bubblebath said:

 

i'd never heard of this guy before but ROCKMAN

not listened to anything else but this track just sounds like a mediocre lost Police b-side? maybe there’s more interesting stuff? 

they’re going to be on SNL next weekend too…WATMM x SNL crew seems like a weird overlap tbqh

ROCKMAN.... you don't have to suck on my dick tonight

lmao

I enjoyed it. A lot of other good albums this year though... That new geordie greep album is probably my pick

listening to all of Two Star…. now and it sounds alright overall, waiting for the extended edition with the second half of all the songs before i pass real judgement tho

nodding intelligently. songs are short stories. jotting down key points from ai dot com

Pretty fascinating how he found his sound using a relatively cheap rig.